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Revision 5c6b4e84cbc59996bb14f88d997870751d675f3f authored by Linus Torvalds on 19 November 2011, 00:16:18 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 19 November 2011, 00:16:18 UTC
* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  random: Fix handing of arch_get_random_long in get_random_bytes()
  x86: Call stop_machine_text_poke() on all CPUs
  x86, ioapic: Only print ioapic debug information for IRQs belonging to an ioapic chip
  x86/mrst: Avoid reporting wrong nmi status
  x86/mrst: Add support for Penwell clock calibration
  x86/apic: Allow use of lapic timer early calibration result
  x86/apic: Do not clear nr_irqs_gsi if no legacy irqs
  x86/platform: Add a wallclock_init func to x86_platforms ops
  x86/mce: Make mce_chrdev_ops 'static const'
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Tip revision: 5c6b4e84cbc59996bb14f88d997870751d675f3f authored by Linus Torvalds on 19 November 2011, 00:16:18 UTC
Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Tip revision: 5c6b4e8
maccess.c
/*
 * Access kernel memory without faulting.
 */
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>

/**
 * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a location
 * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data
 * @src: address to read from
 * @size: size of the data chunk
 *
 * Safely read from address @src to the buffer at @dst.  If a kernel fault
 * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
 */

long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
    __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read")));

long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
	long ret;
	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();

	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
	pagefault_disable();
	ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst,
			(__force const void __user *)src, size);
	pagefault_enable();
	set_fs(old_fs);

	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_read);

/**
 * probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location
 * @dst: address to write to
 * @src: pointer to the data that shall be written
 * @size: size of the data chunk
 *
 * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
 * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
 */
long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
    __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_write")));

long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
	long ret;
	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();

	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
	pagefault_disable();
	ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic((__force void __user *)dst, src, size);
	pagefault_enable();
	set_fs(old_fs);

	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_write);
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